Farveez Maharoof

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Farveez Maharoof Sri Lankan (SL)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast-medium
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	17	60
Runs scored	476	564
Batting average	20.69	19.44
100s/50s	-/3	-/1
Top score	72	58*
Balls bowled	2142	2320
Wickets	23	71
Bowling average	52.65	26.15
5 wickets in innings	-	1
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	4/52	6/14
Catches/stumpings	5/-	13/-
As of February 17, 2007 Source: Cricinfo.com

Mohamed Farveez Maharoof (born 7 September 1984 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.

He is a promising new all-rounder in the Sri Lanka team. He first made his impression in the U19 World Cup in Bangladesh in which he captained the Sri lankan team.He enjoyed a prolific school career for Wesley College, with a highest score of 243 and best bowling figures of 8 for 20.

Maharoof has a sound batting technique and is able to adapt to many different scenarios. He, along with Chaminda Vaas, often has to bat long, and sometimes patient, innings when Sri Lanka's top order batsmen do not score the required amount of runs.

Maharoof's Test match bowling figures do not show his natural talent, as he is largely under-bowled, especially in the 2nd innings of Test matches. This was demonstrated in the 3rd Test between England and Sri Lanka in 2006 when he did not bowl in the entire match.

In the qualifying round of the 2006 Champions Trophy, he picked up the best bowling analysis in the history of the tournament (6-14), which is also the ninth best analysis in all ODIs. That was against the defending champions West Indies, and was Maharoof's first five wicket haul in ODIs.

Maharoof took 4/23 against Bermuda to start the 2007 World Cup and became the first Sri Lankan to take a 4 wicket haul on his World Cup debut.[1]

	Sri Lanka squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
1 Jayawardene | 2 Atapattu | 3 Jayasuriya | 4 Tharanga | 5 Sangakkara | 6 Dilshan | 7 Arnold | 8 Silva | 9 Maharoof | 10 Vaas | 11 Fernando | 12 Malinga | 13 Kulasekara | 14 Muralitharan | 15 Bandara | Coach: Moody